Combined corset and brassiere



April 29, 1930. A. K. BRENNAN COMBINED CORSET AND BRASSIRE Filed July 21 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l April 29, 1930. A K, BRENNAN 1,756,809

vCOIIVJVIBLIIED CORSET AND BRASSI'RE l Filed July 21, 1924 2 sheetssheer 2 Inventor Ann/e K Bvermmv VPatenterl Apr. 29, 1930 ANNJEJ Ke QF' FHILAD'ELPHA, IVENNSXLVANXA n @ommen consi-T Messiani:

Application filed July 21,

The improved combined corset Aand brassire is intended to` give what isknownv as the straight ligure, that is, one in which the curvatures of the female ligure are minimized '5 so that it will appear approximately flat at they portions of the body where these curves would ordinarily appear. These natural curvatu-res 'are increased when the muscles of the lower abdomen are relaxed, or fat is aden-V mulated upon it. They are also enlarged by anyv accumulation of atupon the back of the body below the. waist, and uponl the nates. The regulation voi' the pressure upon these portions of the body is a very delicate problem because of the. injury that ensues if too. great pressure is' imposed on any organ that Vwould be injured. by it. A heavy pressure upon the small of the. back, or afdownward pressure of the abdomen, are both of this character. The

nates, indeed, doy not contain any organ harmed byrpressure, .but the. pressure upon them must bev downward in order to secure the required straight eti'ect, thatV is, the fiatness desired for the yback oii'A the figure. The cor'- 2-5 set must be .ealsy,that"is, must accommodate itself readily and without discomfort to the movements of the wearer, and cause her no fatigue when worn continuously for a lengthy period.V

In my improved corset, especially when combined with the brassire, the pressure is carried slightly obliquely between the back below the waist line and the upfper part of the nates. to. the iniddleand lower part of the abdomen,- thus givinga slightly upwardas well as an inward pressurey upon these parts ofV the abdomen, and a slightly downward as well as inw-ardcompression upon the uppery part of the nates. The portions of the corset 405 lving over tlieabdomen. and the nates are of' non-elastic fabric, Istiflened by vertical bones, so that an even compression and flat appearance are given to these parts.

Figure 1 is a view of the inside of the corset, 455 oit' the wearer and extended. Figure 2 is a similarview of the outside of the corset. Figf ure 3 is af view of the front of the" combined corset and brassire, 'on the iigure. Figure 4 n) is aside view of the same. Figure 5 is a rear view ot the same.

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across the bottom of itl only. It is possible to. make the device in any of these forms. rlhe drawings Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are merely sketches in outline and are not intended te do more than to indicate the position of the corset on the body. It will be noted that iinI Fig. l the upper and lower edges of panelv 10 are not shown as parallel. This usuallyv ocx/curs through the. unequal stretching of the elatsicv material of the gore when on ther wearer; Fig; 4l showing the garment on the.

wearer, while Figs. 1 and 2 show it aslaid out y flat.

rThe corset is composed of a front panel (6) and a back panel (13), bothof kinelastic material, and two wide hip gores` (1)y and (10) of elastic material. Each of thesey gores has the up and down edge joined to the back panel, slanting inwards toward the upper edge of the gore. The.y panel (6.) has the skirt (7)'. and the panel (13,) has the skirt (14) exh tending downward below the line of the lower edgfes. ot thepa-nels (6); and (18.), and each of these` skirts is provided with a pair of garters (3) (3), and (16)., (16), that are provided with the stocking, clasps (4).., (4), and (17), (1T), respectively. These gartersmay serve to aidY inv limiting the distance the corset can work upward. The garters are placedon the Y inside of skirts and (14,),y and are secured by the stitched squares (2)., (2;) and (15), (la), respectively.' rlhe brassire hasl the bodice (22)., which is` secured at its lower edge by tastenings (23.), (25)., (2.5;). te thetop edge of the corset, andV has the; Suspenders (2.0,) Q20). adzuotedtoA Passover the. Shoulder-,S- Y

This brassire aids in'preventingthe corset. from working: downward, and in conjlll: tiony 'with the, other means described above. helps to position; it properlyup'on the body of the wearer. i Thebrassire opens and has' hooks and eyes for fastening'at the bach. i

Thepanels and; (13) beingot 'equal width at top and bottom, each will extend f across the., body Ot the wearer horizontally,

'llie top of these gores and of the panel (6) run on a straight line, but the line of the upper edge ci the panel runs at an angle with this line, owing to the slope of the gore (l), when the corset'is laid out open as in Figures l and 2.: This panel (18) is fastened v to thegore (l) by the 'fasteners (ll), (ll) j and prevented in several ways. y

The inward bend of the front of the female ligure'at the lower part of the abdoinen,;in conjunction. with the slant given to the cor- Y setwhen on the wearer by the narrowing of the tops ot the gores l and lO, and the recession ofthe hip bones ,atV the part of the body covered by the lower part of these gores, will inalre'the perimeter of the lower edge of t-he corset slightly less than it would be it this edge were yj'iushed upward on the body. These conditions tend to keep the corset from riding up', sinking down, or wrinlrling. The

j resiliency oi this llower edge is increased by kby* the brassire.

the welt so that it will stretch much less readily than the middle portions of the gore, and its pullwill be much more forcible, so that while-the middle port-ions ofthey gore.

-are readily stretched out over lthe increased perimeter of the body above this point,'this will be hard to stretch, and will therefore eX- ert a downward pull, thus preventing completely the riding up of the corset; As this pressure is upon the lirm, strong pelvic bones,

it is not harmful. Theupper part of the corset tends to rise, owing lto its shape, which is somewhat that ofan inverted funnehwhen worn; and so tautens and ilattens the front Vof the corset, the bottoni of which is held down by the anchoring action of the welt,'3v0, which causes the lower edge of the' corset` to torni, practically, an elastic belt that,

Vpassed around the body, and encircling the lower portions ofthe Ypelvic vand hip bones, has a less perimeter than it would have it moved upward on the body; and isthus positoned positively by these bones which are very strong and practically immovable rela tively kto each other. :The upper part ofthe corset to soine Ydegree moreover, is held up"y j The cover (12) protects the/body yfrom. the pressure ofthe hooks andV eyes"(ll),-(11), and (5), (5). The bones(8),

Y (i8), (8) and'(9), (9),'(9), are inserted vertically in thepanels 6 and (13) oftliecorset. 'liclaini 1 v 'Y Thevcombination in a combined corset;

and brassire, of a brassire portion, and a corset portion comprising a front portion' of A of said portions, each o said gores beingl nar- Y rower at the top than at the bottom andrhavingv a. welt at the lower edge, said gores being of such extent that'theirwelts will lie slight#V ly below the curvedpart of the hip bones, the position of the gores being such that when in an applied posit-ion,the point ot juncture oit the welt to the front and back portions of the corset is substantially on a level with the lower part of the pelvic bonein front and the upper partof the nates atv/the back. Y

2. In a corset and brassire, the combination with the brassirey ot a corset or the 'flexible type comprising in combination a front; panel of non-stretchablematerial, said panel being ol suliicient width to extend substantially across the abdomen of the intended wearer, from one hip bone to the other,.and

of sulhcientlength to cover with its lower portionsk the pelvic `bones of the intended wearer, a back panelzoi2 non-stretchable rnate-Y V rial, and two elastic side crores interposed between said panels, one or said gores and one oi said panels `being'provided along the'line of juncture between thev said panel and gore j eef with cooperative fastening means, each-,oi

said gores being narrower at'the top than at the lower edge and each gore being-provided with a welted 'loweredge,'the points of juncture of the welted Vedges of Ythe gores tothe front panel being positioned to lie at a level with the pelvic bones of the intended wearer, and the points ot juncture of the said` welted edges with the Vback panel beingpositioned to lie at the upper part ofthe nates, the resistance to stretching of the welted lower edge being greater than thatolt the otherV parts "of the gores thereby producing a inorefo'rcible girdlingjpull along the Vvline following said welted edges, and across the panelsV between theseredgeathan is produced by theportions ol the goreszabove said welted' edges.

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